Exploring Authenticity: Lessons from Thessaloniki’s Heritage Integration
How can modern infrastructure coexist with over two millennia of history? This question was at the heart of the ICOMOS TheoPhilos conference, recently attended by Nigel in Thessaloniki, Greece. The conference marked the 30th anniversary of the influential Nara Document on Authenticity and brought together architects, historians, and conservation experts to explore the concept of authenticity […]
Bats in Churches: A Conservation Solution for St Mary Magdalene
At Archangel Architects, we are committed to harmonizing heritage preservation with ecological responsibility. Our recent project at St Mary Magdalene Church in Brampton exemplifies this commitment and has garnered attention from BBC News for its innovative approach. The Challenge: Coexisting with Bats in a Historic Church St Mary Magdalene Church, a 15th-century structure near Huntingdon, […]
Lecturing in Rome
Nigel has been in Rome to deliver a lecture at the historic La Sapienza University. The lecture, on Building Conservation in England, was delivered to students on the international Masters course on Theory and Practice of Conservation, which and came at the invitation of Professor Calogero Bellanca. The lecture was in three sections: 1️⃣ the […]
Nigel elected Secretary General
We are pleased to share that Nigel has been elected Secretary General of the International Committee on Theory and Philosophy of Conservation and Restoration (TheoPhilos)! Since it was founded in 2005, TheoPhilos has provided a forum for developing the relationship of conservation theory to practice in dialogue with all parts of the conservation community. At […]
PV panels on the roof of Kings College Chapel
Archangel Architects wholeheartedly applauds Cambridge City Councillors for approving PV panels on the roof of Kings College Chapel. Cambridge is indeed ’sending a message to the world’. Historic England is surely right to draw attention to the outstanding significance of Kings College Chapel as a work of architecture and one that has come to symbolise […]
The Wall Paintings of St Andrew’s Church Impington
The wall painting repair works at St Andrew’s Church, Impington in the Diocese of Ely are now finished. The 2021 conservation programme funded by Historic England and undertaken by specialist Tobit Curteis Associates made visible many fine details which had become obscured over decades of dirt deposition on the surface and compromised by the loss of […]